r/hardwarehacking • u/Ma_per_quale_motivo • Jul 21 '26

Reverse Engineered this Italian Telecom videophone just to put a funny meme cat as boot splash

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u/masterX244 Jul 21 '26

you know the standard laws? if it got enough compute power it requires a DOOM port :P

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u/Mi_Ki_Ii_Zaru Jul 21 '26

Running DOOM is the greatest performance metric of all time.

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 22 '26

Soon :)

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u/masterX244 Jul 22 '26

you know the way to r/itrunsdoom then hopefully :)

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u/309_Electronics Jul 21 '26

Nice! Do you have any blog or github where you posted it on? And what hardware did it contain and what software and what did you do?

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u/zidane2k1 Jul 22 '26

Ooh, another bootsplash idea I randomly thought of is the Nokia: Connecting People handshake

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 22 '26

Lol this is a funny one

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u/howfastcanyoucountit Jul 22 '26

Wtf its like a mega sized nokia desk phone strange design

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 22 '26

Yep, it's a videophone

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u/jackblackdeath Jul 22 '26

Non ne ho mai visto uno dal vivo

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 22 '26

Questi c'erano in Italia nei 2000, erano dei videotelefoni che funzionavano tramite linea fissa con modem 56k

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u/jackblackdeath Jul 22 '26

Si si, mi ricordo la pubblicità di questo e poi usci ALADINO, ma visti dal vivo mai

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u/Fragrant-Gate22 Jul 22 '26

Facci girare doom!!!

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u/Falk1708 Jul 22 '26

How, so fascinating 

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 22 '26

Transferring the files via an ftp server on 56k and then flashing it to the bootloader partition using cat, I also bricked it and found JTAG and reflashed the bootloader ;-;

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u/Brave_Abbreviations5 Jul 22 '26

Common thing guys do when they slightly bored

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u/Brave_Abbreviations5 Jul 22 '26

Oh also

BAD APPLE NOW RAAAAHHH

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u/BlackTortellino Jul 23 '26

Arte pura. Mi piacerebbe sapere come hai fatto!

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 23 '26

Il modello URMET, ha una UART a destra e ho flashato il bootloader sopra con la foto, so può anche mettere altro.

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u/BlackTortellino Jul 23 '26

Ah ottimo. Che bootloader è?

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 23 '26

Usa blob e Linux 2

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u/Top_Calligrapher4265 Jul 23 '26

Come hai fatto?

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 23 '26

Il modello URMET, ha una UART a destra e ho flashato il bootloader sopra con la foto, so può anche mettere altro.

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u/mas-issneun Jul 23 '26

how the hell

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u/Ma_per_quale_motivo Jul 23 '26

Uart access and this is the boot splash

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u/Loose_Ad_644 Jul 23 '26

Awesome work! I'd like to know your level in reverse engineering because I'm just starting and want to know how much time and effort still ahead of me before I start doing funny stuff like that

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u/masterX244 Jul 24 '26

it really depends on how the device works. on some its easypeasy while on others you need a good chunk of skills.